It would be great if as rumours suggest The Welcoming is open for a few weeks at the start of the season, there could be 3 levels of "scare" attractions for people to go on.1. Hex- low intensity but a great experience for families2. Nemesis Sub Terra- much higher intensity but for teens and older 3. The Welcoming- high intensity for mostly adults and older teens

It would be great if as rumours suggest The Welcoming is open for a few weeks at the start of the season, there could be 3 levels of "scare" attractions for people to go on.1. Hex- low intensity but a great experience for families2. Nemesis Sub Terra- much higher intensity but for teens and older 3. The Welcoming- high intensity for mostly adults and older teens

I definitely wouldn't class Hex as a scare attraction... It's a multi-experience experience, but I get your point

To be honest, I'm pretty sure this is Merlin trying too make current holders of the Alton Towers Annual Pass upgrade to a Merlin Annual Pass which would give them a better profit margin. It's irritating but they are, in the end, a business and they want to make as much money as they can with the smallest expenses. This said, I may be purchasing one of these as I believe it offers rather good value for money.

Actually, the Standard Merlin pass has the same exclusion dates in August.

CBeebies Land and X-Sector will open at 10am, with Marauder's Mayhem and Heave Ho! in Mutiny Bay also open. Dark Forest, Cloud Cuckoo Land, Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE, Battle Galleons, Runaway Mine Train and Hex will open at 11am. While Skyride opens at 11.30am and Forbidden Valley, Duel and Congo River Rapids (now a seasonal attraction operating 26th May – 4th September 2018) at 12pm.

Almost got no words for this, certainly not words I can say on here. Would make sense to open the whole park at 11 and close at 5:30/6. If it closes before 5:00 its not really worth a visit in my opinion.

Disgusted that Nemesis, the parks main attraction in many eyes, is open for a shocking 4 hours on most days! An absolutely ridiculous decision. If that doesn't change within the first month I’ll be shocked! There’s going to be some big customer service queues.

Very disappointed with this news. What's the point in having most of the major stuff at the back of the park so it draws people away from the entrance if they're shut for the first hour or, in the case of Forbidden Valley, TWO hours? If you're a thrill seeker, then for the first hour or so there's only two thrill rides (three if you count wicker man). This honestly puts me off visiting a little, as I struggled to find things to do when everything was open!

Not happy about this either. Congo being seasonal and forbidden valley opening at 11:30!! That means I won't be able to go on the river rapids in April Galactica, Nemesis and The Blade will be open, on 4pm days, for 4 and 1/2 hours!That's crazy... I do hope Alton make some changes... we did last year.

Looks like what I'd previously heard was true after all. I'm really not happy with this at all. I hate to say this, but if the park really are that short on cash, they really shouldn't have bothered with Wicker Man.

I've said this before, that 2018 should have been a comeback year for Towers... well not any more by the looks of this. I imagine the general public will also be just as unhappy, not to mention confused about the new staggered opening times.

This is awful, abysmal news. The park will soon realise they have made a major mistake. and the park will only continue to make their lives harder and harder in increasing the amount of visitors coming. I can only dread what the new for 2019 cuts are